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Topic:Clinical Research
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Clinical Psychology
Many people (e.g., researchers, graduate students) can benefited from compulsive traits. What are some likely personality characteristics of such persons? What would such people NOT be like?
Compulsive individuals are likely also to be anxious, competent, deliberative, goal oriented, and dutiful.
Define "personality" and "trait."
Personality is enduring, creating the cohesive self that we recognize when we look inward. It comprises a number of different mechanisms and properties. One's personality mediates that individual's interactions with every level of the environment from internal to dyadic to social and cultural. A trait is a distinguishing feature and personality comprises all of an individual's traits.
According to Kuyken et al. (2003) what predicts worse psychological adaptation over the course of training for clinical psychology students? What predicts better adjustment over time?
Kuyken et al. (2003) found that trainees who felt that demands on them were reasonable, who reported having a good support system, who avoided work less often, and who approached their education as a challenge that they had the resilience to meet had a smooth adaptation process. Those trainees…
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Clinical Psychology Dissertation - Dream Content as a Therapeutic Approach: Ego Gratification vs. Repressed Feelings
An Abstract of a Dissertation
Dream Content as a Therapeutic Approach: Ego Gratification vs. Repressed Feelings
This study sets out to determine how dreams can be used in a therapeutic environment to discuss feelings from a dream, and how the therapist should engage the patient to discuss them to reveal the relevance
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As emotionally intelligent employees are reportedly more content, conscientious and committed in the workplace, businesses and organizations are repeatedly advised to recruit and retain these individuals. Abraham (2006), nevertheless, reports that the strongest findings emerging from her study was.".. The effect of job control on emotional intelligence." She contends that emotionally intelligent employees will not just naturally thrive in their workplace; that the work environment needs to provide independence in
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psychological research there a thousands of pressing questions, yet among all those questions one rises to the top of the list. In the area of family psychology and family therapy the question of the psychological affects of domestic violence on children has been hotly debated and eternally researched, yet many questions remain unanswered. These questions are pressing as the institution of family in our culture evolves and emerges as
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Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous disorder and can be characterized by any of the following symptoms: intellectual deterioration, emotional blunting, disorganized speech, disorganized behavior, social isolation, delusions, and/or hallucinations (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000). In the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) schizophrenia has now been divided into five subcategories (APA, 2000). These subtypes are defined based on the presence of positive symptoms (excesses, such
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At one point or another in our lives, we are all beginners. We begin college, a first job, a first love affair, and perhaps a first dissertation project. We bring a great deal to these new situations, including our temperament, previous education, and family situations. Yet, as adults, we also learn. In romantic relationships, couples report having to learn how to interact successfully with their partners. College students routinely report
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Mindful vs. traditional martial arts toward improved academic grades in children diagnosed with ADHD While medication and psychotherapy are the current best practice in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), their benefits and aim are too peripheral and topical -- neither resolving the neurological origin of deficits. Moreover, many are opposed to these treatments and there are few substantiated and readily accepted alternatives. The consequences of ADHD have a ripple effect --